<a href="http://blog.naver.com/duck8383">Seo Young Deok's</a> unbelievable nude sculptures capture the essence of the human condition so deeply that it's difficult to fathom that they're made from something as mundane as bike chains. Created from masses of upcycled plain and bicycle chains, these powerful renditions of angst-ridden faces and bodies were collected in a solo exhibition called "Dystopia" at the <a href="http://www.insaartspace.or.kr/exhibitionsEN.asp">INSA/Arko Art Center</a> that took place in Seoul this past October. Major kudos to Yatzer for spotting this young Korean artist's work, which has definitely stirred the depth of this writer's soul.

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

Never before have we been so deeply stirred by a body of upcycled art

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

Seo Young Deok is a Korean artist

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

Dystopia was a solo exhibition held during October in Seoul

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

These often larger-than-life sculptures are painstakingly welded together out of regular, and bicycle chains

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

The detail on this anguished nude bust is unbelievable!

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

Deok is concerned to represent the modern human

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Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

His pieces show anguish, worry, struggle - all in the industrial context

Dystopia by Seo Young Deok

Seo Young Deok's unbelievable nude sculptures capture the essence of the human condition so deeply that it's difficult to fathom that they're made from something as mundane as bike chains. Created from masses of upcycled plain and bicycle chains, these powerful renditions of angst-ridden faces and bodies were collected in a solo exhibition called "Dystopia" at the INSA/Arko Art Center that took place in Seoul this past October. Major kudos to Yatzer for spotting this young Korean artist's work, which has definitely stirred the depth of this writer's soul.